This is the greatest thing I've ever seen...


Oh and the other pics are good too! But... food is better.

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Martin, did you come away from the junkshop with any trinkets ?

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"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see" - Winston Churchill

Trinkets?
Surely this is Martin's new garden shed?
"Oh it's just something I found lying on the ground..."

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Interesting backyard implements to be sure to keep the neighbor kids out, I'm curious if Martin got to the top of one of these to view and take pics of the posted searchlight connections ? .............. if that was possible and legal

Sadly not - the barbed wire goes right around the terraces ; entry is strictly verboten.....

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ok Martin a couple of quick questions then, the doorway is about what height ?,, the dark small windows were for ? 4 per side ?? ........... air vents <

and the neighbor needs to clean up his leaves in his oversized big yard

The doorway is a generous height ; I'd say about 2 metres, maybe 2.5. I've no idea what the holes were for and can only guess that they were for cooling/ventilation purposes.....



Here's a view of the 'end of the terrace', nearest to the Zeppelin Tribune....

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northern?!?! What, north London ?!

Great pics, Martin!

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As a footnote to this thread, I came across this shot of the 'Cathedral of Ice' searchlight-show at the Zeppelin Field....

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That is a neat picture, almost like something you would see in Las Vegas.

My second thought was, I would hate to pay the electric bill !

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If I am correct this is one of the great 3rd Reich productions from Leni R. correct ?

~ E

Actually - I don't think it was...! Riefenstahl's famous film was made at the 1934 Reichsparteitag, when the events centred on the Luitpoldhain ( the Zeppelin Field hadn't been built ).

The lights came in '36 ( I think ), '37 and '38 and were the invention of Speer. The gigantic transformer house to drive the lights still exists ( apparently, today it houses an outlet of Burger King ! ) - I didn't have time to see it this time round.....

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I thought I read somewhere that somebody wanted to make the site into a big soccer stadium, but I guess that didn't happen.

Whatever happened to the nazi/Hitler sites in Munich? The Brown House, Hitler's apartments and the pubs, etc?

Nuremberg's team has their modern stadium on part of the old site. The Brown House, Hofbrauhaus, Hitler's apartment, the Osteria restaurant etc all still exist in Munich - but the Burgerbraukeller was demolished in the 1980s.....

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Cool. Thanks for the info. I haven't been to Germany since 1975 but if I ever get another chance i'm going. I think I can get a military hop over there but I don't know about getting back. I'd love to go to Munich for Oktoberfest. I need to do some research. You have triggered my imagination with your great photos.